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Several factors continue to inhibit women's advancement in the business world, according to Sheryl WuDunn, co-author of "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide." Society is still uncomfortable with women leaders, and companies aren't doing enough to measure the effects of diversity issues, she notes. These obstacles persist despite research suggesting that there are economic benefits to empowering women.

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Leaders who want to conquer business should start by taking care of themselves, writes Mary Jo Asmus. That means allowing for time off and being intellectually stimulated outside office hours. "If you want to make an impact on the world, you need to pay attention to what you are doing to yourself," Asmus writes.

Half the Sky Movement: The Game launched Monday on Facebook and educates players about empowering women while raising funds to help women through the United Nations Foundation and other groups. The game is an extension of the book and documentary, "Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide," created by journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.

Apple's smartphone strategy has focused largely on the U.S. market -- and taking the iPhone to a genuinely global audience won't be easy, Dan Steinbock writes. To succeed, Steinbock argues, Apple will need to show itself capable of adopting a dual business model in order to reach first-world markets and low-income, high-growth demographics in the developing world.

Dan DiZio started out selling soft pretzels on a Philadelphia street corner at age 11, eventually recruiting a college buddy to help found Philly Pretzel Factory, which now has 123 stores and nearly $40 million in annual sales. DiZio is one of four Philadelphia entrepreneurs hoping the city's pretzel obsession can go national, but first they'll have to educate mall shoppers accustomed to the likes of Auntie Anne's.

Dan DiZio started out selling soft pretzels on a Philadelphia street corner at age 11, eventually recruiting a college buddy to help found Philly Pretzel Factory, which now has 123 stores and nearly $40 million in annual sales. DiZio is one of four Philadelphia entrepreneurs hoping the city's pretzel obsession can go national, but first they'll have to educate mall shoppers accustomed to the likes of Auntie Anne's.